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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 29677

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J
T.Rajasekaran – Appellant
Versus
The Inspector General Of Registration – Respondent
Writ Petition|W.M.P.No.13174 of 2026

Advocates:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr.R.Sivaraman
For the Respondent(s): Mr.P.Harish, GA (R1 to R3)

Registration authorities cannot cancel registered sale deeds; only Civil Courts can adjudicate fraud claims.

Headnote:The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking mandamus to direct registration authorities to cancel a registered sale deed dated 07.11.2024 alleging fraud. The court held that registration departments lack power to cancel registered documents, requiring oral and documentary evidence which only a competent Civil Court can adjudicate. Facts involved a representation to cancel Document No.7190/2024. Court findings: writ jurisdiction not maintainable for such cancellation. Issue framed: whether registration authorities can cancel a registered sale deed on allegations of fraud. Ratio decidendi: settled law that Registration Department cannot cancel registered documents without evidence; only Civil Court has jurisdiction under Article 226 constraints. Writ petition disposed granting liberty to approach competent Civil Court for cancellation of the sale deed.

Table of Content
1. petition seeks cancellation of registered sale deed. (Para 1)
2. registration department lacks power to cancel documents. (Para 2)

ORDER

The petitioner seeks for cancellation of the sale deed standing in the name of the fourth respondent dated 07.11.2024.

2. The law is now well settled that the Registration Department does not have the power to cancel the registered document. To prove that the sale deed dated 07.11.2024 bearing Document No.7190/2024 has been fraudulently obtained, oral and documentary evidence is required. Only a competent Civil Court can adjudicate the prayer for cancellation of the sale deed dated 07.11.2024 standing in the name of the fourth respondent. Therefore, this Court is of the considered view that the prayer sought for in this writ petition cannot be entertained by this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The only remedy available to the petitioner to cancel the sale deed standing in the name of the fourth respondent is to approach the competent Civil Court.

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 29677

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRASABDUL QUDDHOSE, JT.Rajasekaran – AppellantVersusThe Inspector General Of Registration – RespondentWrit Petition|W.M.P.No.13174 of 2026

Registration authorities cannot cancel registered sale deeds; only Civil Courts can adjudicate fraud claims.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J
T.Rajasekaran – Appellant
Versus
The Inspector General Of Registration – Respondent
Writ Petition|W.M.P.No.13174 of 2026